Ramadan is here! Ramadan, especially in Indonesia, means tons of “bukber” (buka bersama, break the fasting together) invitation will come from family, friends or colleagues. The most favorite Bukber place is in a restaurant where we don’t have to worry about preparing food and washing the dishes 😀 If you and your family/friends/colleagues want a cozy atmosphere with friendly service, good food and provide a fully air conditioned musholla to pray, then Signatures Restaurant at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta is the place. Though Signatures Restaurant has Authentic Indonesian Cuisine as their tagline, but they provide international food as well. For this Ramadan, their talented chefs have prepared various Indonesian and Arabian favorites until 5 July 2016 on an iftar buffet, which comes with an assortment tajil and hot tea for IDR 355K++ Kurma (Dates) and a glass of mineral...

When it comes to asinan bengkuang (pickled jicama) the yummiest one was the one made by my neighbor. Not only its taste, but the memory behind it, a beautiful and happy childhood, when life was simpler that prevent me from moving on. Unfortunately, she (my neighbor) has retired from making and selling it and left me in forever searching. Until one day, my sister came home brought me a packaged of asinan bengkuang. At first, I was skeptical..afraid of having a broken heart if the taste is not good as the one my neighbor made. Still I gave it a try and I was happy! This is it! My childhood’s fav food. By the way, do you know that Jícama is high in carbohydrates in the form of dietary fiber. It is composed of 86–90% water; it contains only...

The story began when a little boy lose his appetite. Bibu’s trying hard to cook something special so his appetite will rise again. It started with Pfannkuchen, then Bubur Ayam, following by Burger and some more until one day he said: “Bibu, I want to eat siomay abang-abang”. When he said abang-abang, means I have to make the one with more tapioca flour than the fish. By the way, abang-abang is a male street vendor. Then, the story continued by me searching for the recipe, but nothing is really interest me. Actually I once posted the recipe of street vendor siomay in Multiply (MP), but since MP is shutdown and I didn’t back up all my recipes there, so… nothing. One thing I remembered is this siomay must be rubbery (hence the big amount of tapioca flour). Luckily, I...

Keep in touch

"There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves."Thomas Wolfe

Copyright

All written content and photos, unless otherwise stated, are the original work of Sefa Firdaus |Any use without permission is prohibited| If you are interested in using my texts and photos, please contact me!